A wireless sensor network implementation for an industrial environment

Author

González, Alfonso ; Leone, Natacha ; Murdoch, Mauricio ; Mazzara, Pablo ; Oreggioni, Juliàn

Author_Institution

Inst. de Ing. Electr., Univ. de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay

fYear

2010

fDate

1-9 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

86

Abstract

This paper reports the design and implementation of a system based on a wireless sensor network for measuring the temperature and pH in a tannery barrel. The prototype consists of a base node and two battery-powered remote sensor nodes. These sensor nodes are responsible for performing the measurements and transmit them via multi-hop radio links to a PC-connected base station. The system includes a user application running on a PC that can store and display data, and monitor and configure the system. The analysis of experimental data obtained in tests in the industrial plant shows that the system is capable of measuring pH in the range of 2 to 8 with an uncertainty of 0.1 pH, and temperature in the range of 10°C to 70°C with an uncertainty of 0.5°C. The main contribution of this work consists in adapting a system based on a wireless sensor network to an industrial environment.

Keywords

chemical sensors; industrial plants; pH measurement; temperature measurement; temperature sensors; wireless sensor networks; base node; base station; battery-powered remote sensor nodes; industrial environment; industrial plant; multihop radio links; pH measurement; tannery barrel; temperature measurement; wireless sensor network; Base stations; Electrodes; Power demand; Protocols; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Argentine School of Micro-Nanoelectronics Technology and Applications (EAMTA), 2010

Conference_Location

Montevideo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6747-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-987-1620-14-2

Type

conf

Filename

5606370